Lot

See also Lot

English

Etymology

From Old English hlot (“‘portion, choice, decision’”). Cognate with Dutch lot, German Los.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lŏt, IPA: /lɒt/, SAMPA: /lQt/

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  Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

Singular Lot

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Lot, noun definition 5

1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.

   to spend a lot of money

   lots of people think so

2. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

   a lot of stationery

3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.

   a sorry lot

   a bad lot

5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

   a building lot in a city

6. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
7. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

   to cast lots

   to draw lots

8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
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9. A prize in a lottery.
10. Allotment; lottery.
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Synonyms

• (large quantity or number): load, mass, pile
• (number of things taken collectively): batch, collection, group, set
• (informal: a number of people taken collectively): crowd, gang, group
• (distinct portion or plot of land): allotment, parcel, plot
• (that which happens without human design or forethought): destiny, fate, fortune
• (anything used in determining a question by chance):
• (fate that falls to one by chance):
• (prize in a lottery): prize
• See also Wikisaurus:lot

Derived terms

• a lot

Translations

large quantity or number — see a lot

number of things taken collectively

Finnish: erä fi(fi) French: groupe fr(fr) m., ensemble fr(fr) m.

German: Menge de(de) f., Los de(de) n., Charge de(de) f., Haufen de(de) m., Anzahl de(de) f. Swedish: mängd sv(sv) c.

informal: a number of people taken collectively

French: bande fr(fr) f. German: Gruppe f., Menge f., Haufen m., Häuflein n. Portuguese: bando pt(pt) m.

Russian: группа ru(ru) f. Swedish: bunt sv(sv) c.

distinct portion or plot of land

Finnish: tontti fi(fi) German: Parzelle f., Grund m., Grundstück, n.

Swedish: tomt sv(sv)

that which happens without human design or forethought

French: destin fr(fr) m. German: Schicksal de(de) n., Los de(de) n.

Italian: destino it(it) m. Swedish: öde sv(sv) n., lott sv(sv) c.

anything used in determining a question by chance

Finnish: arpa fi(fi) German: Los de(de) n.

Swedish: lott sv(sv) c.

fate that falls to one by chance

German: Los de(de) n., Schicksal de(de) n.

Swedish: lott sv(sv) c.

prize in a lottery

Finnish: voitto fi(fi)

German: Los de(de) n.

Anagrams

• lot,
• LTO
• OTL

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Albanian

Noun

Lot f.

1. tear (from the eye)

   Gjak, lot dhe djers — Blood, tears and sweat

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Dutch

Noun

Lot n. (plural loten, diminutive lotje, diminutive plural lotjes)

1. destiny, fate
2. lottery ticket

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French

Etymology

From Template:Frk[[Category:fr:Template:Frk derivations|Lot]] *lot, from Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lo/

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Noun

Lot m. (plural Lots)

1. share (of inheritance)
2. plot (of land)
3. batch (of goods for sale)
4. lot (at auction)
5. prize (in lottery)
6. lot, fate
7. (slang) babe

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Kurdish

Noun

Lot

1. jump

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔt/

Noun

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1. flight

Declension

    declension of Lot

	singular	plural
nominative	lot	loty
genitive	lotu	lotów
dative	lotowi	lotom
accusative	lot	loty
instrumental	lotem	lotami
locative	locie	lotach
vocative	locie	loty

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lot m., gen lota, pl lotan

1. sore, wound
2. sting

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Tatar

Noun

lot

1. A unit of weight: 1 lot = 3 mısqal = 12.797 g (archaic) [1]

Declension

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West Frisian

Noun

Lot c. [[Category:Template:Fy nouns|Lot]] (pl. lotten)

1. fate, destiny

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